New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration issued a report last week explaining how they will interpret a 2002 civil rights law to accommodate transgender people. The New York Commission on Human Rights document explains the way the city will enforce the law.
One of the biggest changes listed is the requirement that all single occupancy bathrooms be clearly marked as gender neutral. Several other cities have similar bans on sex segregated restrooms unless they are meant for multiple people at a time.
The law explicitly states that it is illegal to deny a transgender person access to bathrooms, locker rooms, and other single-sex facilities. It also requires police, employers, and landlords to use a person’s pronoun and name of choice regardless of the name and gender marker on their identification.
“The [New York Civil Rights Law] requires that individuals be permitted to use single-sex facilities, such as bathrooms or locker rooms, and participate in single-sex programs, consistent with their gender, regardless of their sex assigned at birth, anatomy, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on their identification,” the document reads. “The law does not require entities to make existing bathrooms all-gender or construct additional restrooms. Covered entities [such as landlords, city agencies, and employees] that have single-occupancy restrooms should make clear that they can be used by people of all genders.”
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“Some people, including, for example, customers, other program participants, tenants, or employees, may object to sharing a facility or participating in a program with a transgender or gender non-conforming person. Such objections are not a lawful reason to deny access to that transgender or gender non-conforming individual.”
The entire document is available for download online [pdf].
H/t: LGBTQ Nation
Ummmm Yeah
And now the crazy trans will demand the urinals be taken out of them and everyone be required to sit to pee because urinals are symbols of cis (meant as the slur it is) oppression of crazies that think they are real women. It’s a real thing. They’ve already been talking about it the last year.
1EqualityUSA
Cute sign. Marilyn Monroe-esque.
Glücklich
With all of New York’s current problems THIS is what the dumb fucking mayor makes a priority?!
I don’t live there but visit frequently enough (and spent most of early 2015 on temp relo there) to have seen how the city has degraded even since Bloomberg left office, let alone Giuliani, and legislating trans-friendly bathrooms SHOULD NOT BE A PRIORITY!
It’s not as bad as what I’ve heard about New York in the 70’s but there are bigger fish to fry than making a tinkle in a PC toilet. How about enforcing the legislation requiring tinkling (and worse) *into* a toilet rather than against the side of the PABT? How about straightening up the fucking subway instead of fostering the sort of “Mad Max” environment reemerging down there?
1EqualityUSA
In ’86 I saw a homeless man passed out on Broadway near 65th. A sizable amount of yellow vomit puddled on the cement near his face. It blew out of him as he lay passed out. He was so still. For a fleeting moment I considered doing a quick sketch of him. It would have been demeaning. What was I thinking? The flow of people circumvented this fellow, as though he were a boulder in a stream. Ed Koch was mayor. I’m sorry to hear that NYC is becoming worse, Glucklich. I love your description of the subway.
1EqualityUSA
The Braille is intriguing.
bottom250
aren’t single occupancy bathrooms already gender neutral? Seems weird that they wouldn’t be.
Glücklich
@bottom250:
Of course they are. PC bullshit run amok. It’s sort of not-wanting-to-‘hut-yoo-feewings’ BS I’d expect from my hometown which means it’s doubtless on its way.
Happy New Year, by the way, baby!
1EqualityUSA
If NYC can machete our way through the bigotry jungle to greater protections nation-wide, more power to them. Thanks for thinking of us. We’re one of the least protected communities.
bottom250
@Glücklich: Happy New Year to you sweetie.
bottom250
@Ummmm Yeah: Single occupancy bathrooms don’t have urninals.
barkomatic
@Glücklich: I live in NYC and this is not a big deal at all. Single occupancy bathrooms are completely private so why should it matter who uses it? I also don’t have a problem with a trans person using my locker room–why? Because I’m a mature adult–and I don’t have the mentality of a scared little child.
You don’t even live in NYC so it seems you are just looking for something to be angry about.
1EqualityUSA
NYC may have troubles, but SF has ants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPw4U_IhWV4
Giancarlo85
@barkomatic: I agree with you. There is no issue here. And who says the mayor is only focused on bathrooms? He has been way better than that joke Bloomberg.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
What A Dump!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S3zShjyaTr8
Glücklich
@Bauhaus:
Y’know, I’ve actually never seen that clip? Do I have to turn in my gay card somewhere?
@barkomatic:
To be clear, I don’t care who uses what restroom (so long as they know how to flush) or locker room, especially a single-occupancy restroom.
What I take issue with is the undoing of a dozen-plus years’ improvements in NYC seemingly under the short watch of an incompetent doofus who has turned a blind eye to real problems in the city – schools, cops, crime, bums, LGA – in favor of these little pet projects. It’s similar to Trump’s remarks about ‘we’re going to say Merry Christmas again.’ Neither make for earth-shattering policy but they do beg the question “*This* is what you’ve chosen to waste your energy addressing? Creating an issue out of a situation where there is none?” Way to prioritize!
As a resident of San Francisco I take for granted bums (a protected class in SF so it would seem) and their attendant trash and mess, so I looked forward a week’s or ten days’ business in New York and Manhattan’s comparatively clean streets. Now…yuck! It’s just like home. But thank god New York is at the forefront of making sure one trans person at a time – literally, one at a time – can use a toilet without having hurt feelings.
lauraspencer
@Giancarlo85:
Happy New Year GC!
I live in NYC and wasn’t always a fan of King Bloomberg, BUT to say that DeBlasio is better than Bloomberg is not true.
Under DeBlasio the city has a worse garbage problem, the police are not aligned with the administration, violent crime is up, snow removal last year was poor and the homeless problem is the worst it has been since the mid-90s.
DeBlasio is not better than Bloomberg.
Giancarlo85
@lauraspencer: You’re an economic conservative. Of course you would prefer Bloomberg over DeBlasio. DeBlasio has been way better and has had to deal with the problems of Bloomberg. If you think these problems were somehow created under DeBlasio you’re wrong. These are RESIDUAL problems. You sound like republicans who blame Obama for everything… like ISIL (which republicans created).
More of the same old lies.
1EqualityUSA
tore up from the floor up
Glücklich
@Bauhaus:
Forgot to wish you and Mr. Bauhaus FELIZ ANO NOVO!
bottom250
For me any bathroom will do.
alphacentauri
@Glücklich: Well said. De Blasio is a joke though; but so was Giuliani. The BEST mayor NYC has had was long before my time and that was La Guardia.
Giancarlo85
@alphacentauri: These economic conservatives on here never cease to amaze me. You guys would rather want someone who serves Wall Street, rather than regular people.
ShowMeGuy
It is ridiculous for “one occupant” restrooms to be assigned to a gender anyway. Culturally, it just has always been done that way and that is no excuse to keep doing it. If it takes a law to make people change their “force of habit” practices…….so be it.
Bauhaus
@Glücklich:
Thanks, and the same to you and Mr. Glücklich!
Brian
Transgenders need to stop being so selfish and start considering the feelings of women who do not want them in their rest rooms.
Giancarlo85
@Brian: These are single occupancy bathrooms, you ignoramus. Can you not read?
1EqualityUSA
Brian, we’ll put you in charge of inserting foley catheters in all the transgender folks in the city of New York. Somehow your worrying about the feelings of women brings tears to my eyes…of laughter.
bottom250
@Brian: So you want Trans men in your washrooms?
lauraspencer
@Giancarlo85:
It’s a new year. You should resolve not to make stories up. I’m not a Bloomberg fan. I never voted for him and I thought it was wrong that he got a third term.
I have lived in NYC for 20 years and have seen many different mayors so I think I’m a bit more qualified than you (who lives in CA) to speak about the condition of the city under DeBlasio. Stats show that violent gun crimes were up in 2015. You can walk around neighborhoods and see the growing number of homeless. The poor relationship between DeBlasio and the NYPD is well documented.
I would never speak to the quality of life in LA over the past 20 years because I have never lived there so I find it odd that you think you can speak to daily life in NYC.
inbama
@bottom250:
Who could object to trans men in their restroom?
They are generally far more pleasant than trans women.
bottom250
@inbama: I think most women would feel uncomfortable having trans men in their washroom.
Jonathonz
I’m glad my city is adding some sense into this debate. Single-occupancy restrooms should have been gender-neutral from the beginning. I work in a hospital and we have dozens of these so I look forward to having everyone’s options open. It’s more efficient.
Giancarlo85
@lauraspencer: ‘Cept you voted for Mittens.
You still don’t get it. There are others who live in NYC who disagree with you. You’re an economic conservative and you are at odds with any kind of social justice. Social justice runs contrary to economic conservatism.
By the way, my uncle has lived in New York for 20 years now (though he travels for months at a time for work). I talk to him and he doesn’t give me the same picture as you. Gun crimes have been up nationally for 2015. DeBlasio is still better than any republican, even if Bloomberg and Giuliani were rinos.
What happened in New York is residual effect. In other words, you’re blaming the wrong guy. The NYPD isn’t doing their job well either, so the mayor has to question them about it.
BTW, here is the definition for residual:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residual
“an internal aftereffect of experience or activity that influences later behavior”
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In other words, the increase in violent crime was a product of the Bloomberg era. The growing number of homeless people is because of corporate America and the republican party.
A great number of homeless people are veterans. Republicans have slashed VA funding multiple times, leaving many without any form of financial support after they return from war.
The issue with the increase in the homeless is not quite a local, but rather a federal problem.
You see… I think in the bigger picture.
Giancarlo85
By the way, cities can only deal with the homeless by offering some limited assistance. They do not have the financial resources to deal with tackling the issue. When many homeless people are either veterans and/or LGBT, this problem goes more to the federal government. Congress has attacked homeless veterans and LGBT people multiple times. Republicans hate veterans. They also hate LGBT people. They hate anyone who isn’t rich.
This is a federal problem. The only person who can deal with these issues on the federal level is Hillary Clinton.
GayMafiaKingpin
Some of you are doing a fantastic job of channeling the standard Reich-wing Conservative’s typical bigoted stances.
We can’t stand here, demanding respect, acceptance, and equal rights while ridiculing a segment of our own community. Either we stand together, or we fall apart. Quite frankly, if we had to cut ties with anyone from the LGBT community, I’d rather shun all you fucking hypocritical bigots who talk down about trans people the way other ignorant fucks talk down about gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. To-da-fucking-loo!
Avery Alvarez
@inbama: “They (trans men) are generally far more pleasant than trans women.”
True, though some of the most awesome people I’ve met have been anti-feminist trans-women. They’re strong, kick-ass, beautiful people who don’t buy into the “I’m a victim” narrative.
lauraspencer
@Giancarlo85:
You can’t talk out of both sides of your mouth. Your “residual” theory only seems to apply when it benefits Democrats.
When readers months ago suggested that 9/11 happened due to the Clinton administration seeing that Bush was in office for 9 months at the time you disagreed saying it was Bush’s fault. Even though logic would suggest that the attack on the World Trade Center took more than 9 months of planning (probably years) you said it wasn’t Clinton’s responsibility. The economic collapse in 2008 you laid at the feet of Bush who did bear some responsibility yet you defended Clinton even though he allowed the sub prime mortgage mess in the 90’s.
So now when discussing NYC it is Bloomberg’s fault even though when he was in office crime was down and so was the homeless. So is Giuliani to be thanked for that? Two years after he is out of office it is Bloomberg’s fault and not DeBlasio.
You can’t apply your “residual” theory when it is convenient for a party you favor.
For the record I didn’t vote for Bloomberg or Giuliani so don’t start spouting that I’m a Republican.
Giancarlo85
@lauraspencer: Well that was a massive conservative knee jerk reactionary post! Most of it all lies once again… thanks for restating past lies you have made on this website. Starting with the ridiculously stupid lie about Bill Clinton. Most deregulation happened under the Reagan administration, and whatever that was done under the Clinton administration actually is linked to the republican-held Congress during his term. 9/11 falls solely on the lap of the Bush administration that had significant signs that something was going to happen prior to the attacks.
The economic collapse rests solely on the republicans and their ridiculously stupid economic policy. Bush was the primary cause because his administration was disastrous and policies (such as the tax cuts) exacerbated the recession. Bush’s policies essentially made the recession far worse. You are ignorant in your statement that Clinton somehow caused it (this is a major republican deflection and lie).
You’re a very bad liar. You don’t even know what you’re talking about. It was definitely Bloomberg’s fault. Much like how Obama had to deal with Bush’s RECESSION and disastrous policies years after the fact. You’re a total fumbling fool and you didn’t even address the majority of my posts.
You are definitely a republican (since you voted for Mitt Romney) and you have stated several times you are an economic conservative. Your theory about Bill Clinton is a debunked pile of bullshit much like the rest of what you write.
Giancarlo85
Oh and by the way, I completely owned you in the debate about the recession… so lets not even go there again. ANYBODY on here can google that one and I invite them to do so. Laura ended running away because she failed miserably at every aspect of the discussion.
AND YES. Republicans are shitty for this country, and democrats are not. That’s been established time and time again. The residual theory isn’t just a theory. It’s a fact. This is how you republicans are going to get spanked again next year. So tell me Laura, who are you supporting in the election? I bet it will be whoever has an “R” next their name, like you supported Romney/Ryan. You have some audacity posting in here with your nonsensical crap about the recession, especially considering you voted for a ticket that included Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan is the same guy that gutted Wall Street reform.
Nobody wants to hear your hypocrisy. Please go away into obscurity again.
Giancarlo85
And notice how LAURA didn’t even address my point about the VA. She harps on about some non-points and brings up past failures of her arguments. Clowns will always be clowns. If it acts likes a republican and looks likes a republican, it’s most likely… a…. REPUBLICAN.
Don’t bring up that “well I’m an independent” charade on here. Nobody buys it at all.
lauraspencer
@Giancarlo85:
Once again you are wrong.
I did vote for Obama and I am a Sanders supporter. I have never ever said I’m an independent. I am registered Democrat and have voted Democrat 70% of my voting record.
Your comments above show that your “residual” theory is only used when it supports your narrative. You can’t have it both ways.
The reason I don’t bother addressing most of what you say is because you don’t want to have a discussion. You just want to be right.
You even like to act as if you know about NYC and you don’t even live in the city. Ask most New Yorkers about life under DeBlasio compared to Bloomberg, Giuliani, Dinkins and Koch.
I’m not discussing with you further because you become childlike and resort to name calling which is quite bizarre. Of course, you won’t be able to drop it and you will attack because you have to get the last word. Sad.
Giancarlo85
@lauraspencer: Wow. It’s called google. You’re a complete and total liar. You voted for Mitt Romney.
No, I backed up my argument with factual statements. You have never done that and now you’re resorting to complete and utter fallacies.
Your lies about the 2008 recession were totally debunked. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Next time don’t lie like you have so blatantly.
And I’ve talked to someone who has actually LIVED in New York. I believe him because HE LIVES THERE. You on the other hand are a perpetual liar who didn’t even address my main point. What about the VA? You never addressed that because you know your argument is a failure. There is nothing “childlike” about my argument. It’s an adult argument based on facts and logic. There was no name calling.
You voted for Obama in 2008, but then flip flopped and voted for Romney in 2012. Don’t lie to us please. And don’t give us distortions about a city you don’t even live in.
Giancarlo85
Sanders has totally fallen apart in recent weeks. Funny I haven’t seen you on lately harping about your phony support of him. You only want him to win so a republican can win the nomination (and please don’t cite that rubbish Quinnipac poll).
No chance at all now. He’s done!
Giancarlo85
@Giancarlo85: *see a republican win the White House.
Sanders will not win the nomination. Period.
alphacentauri
@bottom250: Most are. This is also pretty pointless in NYC, and it’s silly that out of everything wrong with NYC that needs changing they focus on this as a huge priority.
Giancarlo85
@alphacentauri: How is changing a small policy a huge focus? You do realize cities deal with a myriad of social and infrastructure issues? You are making it a big deal. This is just a news clip. LA Mayor Garcetti has done similar changes, but his big focus is on the restoration of infrastructure and the beautification of the eyesore known as the LA river.
Dymension
@Ummmm Yeah: We can just pee standing up, the way we always do, and “mark” the toilet seats!